A traditional part of Muslim diets during Ramadan, these palm fruits are known as tamuru in Arabic
What is a date?
These "blockers" are used to help prevent angina & heart attacks
What is beta?
This phrase describes an event so rare, it almost never happens
What is "once in a blue moon"?
Like a pregnancy, Carleton College's academic year is divided into these
What are trimesters?
Sounds gruesome, but it's actually a person who recruits candidates for top-level jobs
What is a headhunter?
This sweet & seedy vine fruit sounds like it might inspire an intense desire for it
What is passion fruit?
The first passenger flight of this airline took off in 1929, going from Dallas to Jackson, Mississippi
What is delta?
This phrase describes a plane flying low to evade enemy detection, or anything that's not getting attention nowadays
What is "under the radar"?
A small battery that is typically used in small electronic devices and that is standardized at 44 mm in length and 10.5 mm in diameter.
What are triple A?
A good manager knows how to do this 8-letter word, transfer responsibility for specific tasks to their employees
What is delegate?
Yup, those are ready to eat: you can quote me, Bartlett these get lighter in color as they ripen
What are pears?
This name of China's president since 2013 is spelled the same way as the Greek letter
What is xi?
Something so easy, it can be described as a delicious dessert served on a birthday
What is "a piece of cake"?
A three-note pattern that takes up the same time as two notes
What is a triplet?
Referring to writers & others who are self-employed & work job to job, it was first used of mercenary knights
What is freelance?
Fresh these are only in U.S. markets from September to January but they keep in your freezer for a year
What are cranberries?
Instead of the end, the beginning: this luxury watch brand traces its roots back to 1848 in the Swiss village La Chaux-de-Fonds
What is omega?
While tubing down a river, you do this, which can also be a rhyming idiom for accepting a situation no matter the decision
What is "go with the flow"?
This term describes God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit
What is the Holy Trinity?
It's the controversial cost-saving practice of subcontracting services once done in-house to a third party
What is outsourcing?
Try a Pink Lady, also known as Cripps Pink, the first variety of this fruit to be trademarked
What is an apple?
Eastern philosophy calls this a vital energy life force; some also spell it with a Q, but we're going with the Greek letter style
What is chi?
To have similar views or attitudes to something; be in full agreement.
What is "see eye to eye"?
This type of fat is the main component of body fat in humans and other vertebrates, as well as vegetable fat.
What are triglycerides?
This job is typically one you can perform without any prior education or experience because you will likely receive some amount of on-the-job training in order to be successful
What is an entry-level job?